Business workers at Saint Francis vote union

Dec. 27, 2013

Sixty business office workers at Saint Francis Hospital in the Town of Poughkeepsie will be represented by the 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East union following a vote taken today, a spokeswoman for the union said.

The hospital filed for Chapter 11 protection under federal Bankruptcy Law Dec. 17.

Mindy Berman, spokeswoman for 1199SEIU, said the business workers are added to more than 700 other Saint Francis employees who are represented by the union following elections in September.